Martin Chittenden

Martin Chittenden (12 March 1763-5 September 1840) was a member of the US House of Representatives (F-VT 4) from 4 March 1803 to 3 March 1813 (preceding Charles Rich) and Governor of Vermont from 23 October 1813 to 14 October 1815 (interrupting Jonas Galusha's terms).

Biography
Martin Chittenden was born in Salisbury, Connecticut in 1763, the son of Thomas Chittenden. He moved to Vermont in 1776 after his father founded Williston, and he later moved to Jericho, Vermont and engaged in agricultural and mercantile pursuits. From 1790 to 1793, he served as Chittenden County clerk, and he served in the State House from 1790 to 1796, as judge of the Chittenden County Court from 1793 to 1795, and Chief Justice of the Chittenden County Court from 1796 to 1813. Chittenden went on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1803 to 1813 and as Governor of Vermont from 1813 to 1815, and he served as a probate judge from 1821 to 1823. He died in 1840.